Pleasant Grove Review | 1934-07-27 | Page 8 | The Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China The Great Wall of China Is estl mated to he from 1,250 to l.fiOC miles long. It runs from a point on the Gulf of Liantung westerly to the Yellow river, then makes a bend fo the south for nearly 100 miles, and then continues to the northwest for several hundred miles to the Gobi desert. Most of it is through a mountainous country, keeping on the ridges, and winding over many of the highest peaks. It is from 12 to 16 feet in thickness, and from 15 to 30 or 35 feet in height